prognosticate
/prɒgˈnɒstɪkeɪt/verb
with obj.
- foretell or prophesy (an event in the future)预言, 预示：
the economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
经济学家预言将有一场金融大决战。
派生词
prognosticator
nounprognosticatory
adjective词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin prognosticat-,from the verb prognosticare 'make a prediction' （see PROGNOSTIC）.